Comments on: Q&A: Is it possible for the Sun to pull planet X into our solar system by gravity?

By: Raymond

Raymond — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:19:23 +0000

If you are talking about the Planet X associated with the Big 2012 Hoax, then the answer is no. The Sun cannot attract what does not exist.

The sun’s gravitational influence can work up to the distance where it becomes smaller than the gravitational “noise” of all the other stars in the Galaxy. That is about 2 light-years or so.

However, if you had a rogue object floating around out there, its own speed would have to be slower (relative to the Sun) than the escape speed way out there (which is quite slow).

Still, it happens. There are some meteor that have been plotted (and even some tracked by radar) that were coming into our atmosphere much faster than the solar escape velocity at our position, showing that these were captured rocks from outside the solar system.

But Planet X was invented for the 2003 end-of-the-world. The charlatans were selling survival kits and books on how to survive. When it failed to appear (not surprising, since it is fake), they created the Big 2012 Hoax in order to sell more kits, books and videos.

They will do it again for September 20, 2020.

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“pull it into the milky way.”

The Milky Way is the band of light that is caused by the stars of the neighboring arms of the Galaxy. That is thousands of light-years away. Therefore the answer to that part would be no for anything, as the influence of the Sun is only about 2 light-years.

By: Fluke

Fluke — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:06:05 +0000

there is no evidence to support yuor belief in the existence of Planet X… please repost your question in the Sci-Fi forum

By: eri

eri — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:09:33 +0000

1) The Milky Way is our galaxy, not our solar system. The solar system has one star – the Sun. The galaxy has about 200 billion stars.

2) Yes, the Sun’s gravity (and the Earth’s gravity, and your gravity, and the gravity of everything else) extends theoretically forever, but decreases as one over the distance squared.

3) There is nothing called Planet X, in or out of our solar system or galaxy. It simply doesn’t exist.

By: Bullseye

Bullseye — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:57:52 +0000

You really need to learn a little more science. Planet X does not exist anywhere in the sky. No where on the internet will you find the sky coordinates for this FANTASY planet.

If it did exist somewhere outside of the Milky Way Galaxy (where the entire solar system is located) it would be MANY light years away. The galaxy is about 100,000 light years wide.

The sun’s gravity cannot affect objects OUTSIDE of the galaxy.

http://www.2012hoax.org

By: Jaymes_E19

Jaymes_E19 — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:04:53 +0000

The sun is getting bigger as its core shrinks and as it grows, its gravitational pull increases so in theory it could happen.

By: harmonograph

harmonograph — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:12:34 +0000

No such object has ever been observed…

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:59:54 +0000

yes, very very very slowly over a very long long long time.

galaxies pulls galaxies also

By: David O

David O — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:54:34 +0000

Well, sure, if there’s a spare planet just floating around space, not moving too fast. But masses that big are pretty rare, matter tends to clump together in space.

But it could happen.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:24:40 +0000

No, it isn’t.

Nonexistent planets are one of the few things unaffected by gravity.